Dillian Whyte

Under the lights, there's a lot of pressure, my first big show. The mental pressure drained me out a bit. I was fit and healthy, but I was thinking, 'Why am I tired?' There are so many things that go on in there. ”

People will get to see I'm real and a straight guy. And they'll realise I can fight as well. ”

Listen: I'm a fighter. I'm a brawler. I'm a boxer. But I'm a technician as well. ”

I'm still hungry. I'm still striving... You have to understand: my mum has worked hard to look after her children, but we have always been poor; we have always been at rock bottom. I want to change my family history forever. ”

I would like to say I can change millions of lives, but realistically, if my journey inspires 10 people to go to university or to achieve something, then I think I've done my job. ”

My energy is good; it is directed at training hard. ”

There's no happy time to die, but if I had a choice, I'd die doing the thing I loved. ”

Boxing is one fight at a time for me. That's how I've always been, and that's how I was brought up. ”

I want to fight Joshua. We've got history: this would be the third time. He's won one, I've won one. This would be the decider. ”

There's fighters that sit down and wait two years, waiting for the call. I can't do that. Time's ticking. ”